Peter Arcidiacono

Peter Arcidiacono

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

Department of Economics
Duke University

                                    E-Mail:                 psarcidi at econ.duke.edu
                                    Telephone:               (919) 660-1816
                                    Fax:                         (919) 684-8974
                                    Office:                 201A Social Sciences Building
                                    Office Hours:           By appointment

Links

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Working Papers

"Estimating Spillovers using Panel Data, with an Application to the Classroom" with Gigi Foster, Natalie Goodpaster, and Josh Kinsler (PDF) revise and resubmit at Econometrica General Proofs (updated Aug 8, 2009)
"CCP Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity" with Robert Miller (PDF) revise and resubmit at Econometrica
_Beyond Signaling and Human Capital: Education and the Revelation of Ability_ with Pat Bayer and Aurel Hizmo (PDF) revise and resubmit at AEJ: Applied Microeconomics
_Habit Persistence and Teen Sex: Could Increased Access to Contraception have Unintended Consequences for Teen Pregnancies?_ with Ahmed Khwaja and Lijing Ouyang (PDF) (updated June 1, 2009)
"Representation versus Assimilation: How do Preferences in College Admissions Affect Social Interactions?" with Shakeeb Khan and Jacob Vigdor (PDF) (updated July 28, 2009)
“Does Affirmative Action Lead to Mismatch? A New Test and Evidence” with Esteban Aucejo and Hanming Fang (PDF)

Published Papers

“Finite Mixture Distributions, Sequential Likelihood, and the EM Algorithm” with John B. Jones, Econometrica, Vol. 71, No.3 (May, 2003), 933-946 Simulation Appendix
“The Dynamic Implications of Search Discrimination” Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 87, Nos.7-8 (August, 2003), 1681-1707
“Paying to Queue: A Theory of Locational Differences in Nonunion Wages” with Tom Ahn, Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 55, No. 3 (May 2004), 564-579
“Ability Sorting and the Returns to College Major” Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 121, Nos. 1-2 (August, 2004), 343-375
“Peer Effects in Medical School” with Sean Nicholson Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 89, Nos. 2-3 (February, 2005), 327-350
“Do People Value Racial Diversity? Evidence From Nielsen Ratings” with Eric Aldrich and Jacob Vigdor, Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 5, No. 1 (2005), Article 4
“Affirmative Action in Higher Education: How do Admission and Financial Aid Rules Affect Future Earnings?” Econometrica, Vol. 73, No. 5 (September, 2005), 1477-1524
“Games and Discrimination: Lessons from the Weakest Link” with Kate Antonovics and Randy Walsh, Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Fall, 2005)
“Living Rationally Under the Volcano? An Empirical Analysis of Heavy Drinking and Smoking” with Holger Sieg and Frank Sloan, International Economic Review, Vol. 48, No. 1 (February, 2007)
“The Economic Retruns to An MBA” with Jane Cooley and Andrew Hussey, International Economic Review, Vol. 49, No. 3 (August 2008), 873-899
“The Effects of Gender Interactions in the Lab and in the Field” with Kate Antonovics and Randy, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 91, No. 1 (February, 2009)
_Explaining Cross Racial Differences in Teenage Labor Force Participation: Results from a General Equilibrium Search Model_ with Tom Ahn, Alvin Murphy and Omari Swinton (PDF) forthcoming in Journal of Econometrics
_The Distributional Impacts of Minimum Wage Increases when Both Labor Supply and Labor Demand are Endogenous_ with Tom Ahn and Walter Wessels (PDF) forthcoming in Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
_Does the River Spill Over? Estimating the Economic Returns to Attending a Racially Diverse College_ with Jacob Vigdor (PDF) forthcoming in Economic Inquiry

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